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DevEx Update: New Payment Options Coming Soon!
By popular demand, we are expanding our Developer Exchange (DevEx) program to include even more ways to cash out. Starting today, select developers will be invited to participate in a beta test of our new DevEx portal. Get all the details here… ...
| December 1, 2016 -
Watch the ROBLOX Developer’s Conference Live on Twitch
The ROBLOX Developer’s Conference, our annual developer event, kicks off tomorrow. But even if you can’t make it in person you can still see all the cool announcements because we’re livestreaming the event on our official Twitch channel t...
| August 5, 2016 -
Customize Particle Colors with the New ColorSequence Editor!
We’re always looking for helpful ways to improve your ROBLOX experience. Whether you’re a dedicated builder or a loyal user, we believe that providing access to powerful and accessible tools in the Studio will usher in a more varied assortment of fun and incredibly innovative experiences for everyone. Today, we’re happy to introduce another new addition to the ROBLOX Studio – the ColorSequence Editor! If you enjoy using particle effects, this editor gives you the ability to customize their colors like never before. In addition, we recently rolled out a new graphical update for particles, which will now allow them to blend more seamlessly into the background. Let’s check it out!
| June 28, 2016 -
Our 150K Celebration – A Week of Prize Giveaways on Twitch!
Exciting news! Yesterday we passed 150,000 followers on our official ROBLOX Twitch channel . Whenever we hit a large milestone like this, we like to celebrate by holding a special livestreaming event. It also means we give away prizes to you guys, our loyal ROBLOX fans who tune in every week. This time around we wanted to do something really special, so we’ve got two different events happening this week and next on our channel.
| June 22, 2016 -
Uploadable Custom Meshes Come to ROBLOX!
We’ve got exciting news, ROBLOXians! We are delighted to announce that ROBLOX is once again ushering in a new era of creativity and world-building for over 400,000 creators and builders alike. As many of you may have seen or heard, we are now allowing everyone – yes, EVERYONE – to import their own meshes into their games! Our latest update to ROBLOX Studio provides a greater level of freedom than ever before, opening up the door for a wider range of incredibly detailed imaginative experiences. Let’s jump in and discuss how the world of ROBLOX will evolve with Custom Meshes!
| June 21, 2016 -
VIP Servers for Group Games Now Available!
VIP Servers have been an increasingly popular addition over the years. Since their launch in late 2014, more and more ROBLOX players have embraced this feature so they could easily connect and play with friends privately. Over the past several wee...
| June 16, 2016 -
Xbox One Gets Full Access to the ROBLOX Library
As the world’s leading Imagination Platform, we are dedicated to maximizing the ROBLOX experience across all of our platforms. Since our launch on Xbox One earlier this year, the amount of user-created games and experiences available on the console has skyrocketed immensely from 15 to over 80 amazing titles. Brace yourselves – that number is about to get even bigger . We are proud to announce that the flood gates are finally open! Starting right NOW, developers can enable console access on all of their games moving forward!
| May 31, 2016 -
ROBLOX Expands Vision with 7 New Smooth Terrain Materials in Studio
Our mission is simple. We are creating the ultimate virtual universe where you and your friends can let your imagination run wild across a plethora of meticulously detailed environments. We also want to inspire and empower our builders to create an amazing first-rate experience. That’s why we’re always thrilled to offer more tools and materials that will give you the flexibility you need. We recently added another batch of
| May 17, 2016 -
ROBLOX Enters the VR Space with Launch on Oculus Rift
Here at ROBLOX our dream is to allow digital creators and explorers to play, learn, and socialize with their friends across any and all devices. As new avenues of technology open up to the world, new ways to play and make amazing interactive experiences do too. So we’re thrilled to announce that ROBLOX has officially taken the next step into the world of virtual reality with our launch on Oculus Rift.
| April 22, 2016 -
Saying Goodbye to Tickets
Dear ROBLOX Community: In the next 30 days, ROBLOX will discontinue Tickets. This is one of the biggest changes we have ever made to our platform. While many of you will welcome this change, I know that many of you will be concerned. I want to exp...
| March 15, 2016 -
The Future of the ROBLOX Avatar
ROBLOX is built on the vision that our growing and vibrant community can create incredible content (games, clothing, groups) to power the imagination of millions of players around the world. We are constantly looking for new ways to empower the community. One area where the community is not currently involved is in the design and sale of key parts of our ROBLOX avatar. This includes body parts, hats, and gear. We have big plans this year to bring more community creativity to ROBLOX. The ROBLOX avatar represents your character across many ROBLOX games and adventures. You can customize your avatar with clothing, hats, body parts and gear. Going forward we plan to enable a 100% community-created avatar system. As part of this, over the next year you will be seeing the avatar evolve in incremental, but exciting ways:
| March 12, 2016 -
ROBLOX Now Available on Xbox One!
ROBLOX enters a new frontier today as the world’s leading Imagination Platform makes the leap from desktop and mobile to the console world. ROBLOX is now available on Xbox One as a free download .
| January 27, 2016 -
Halloween 2013: The Witching Hour Is Now Open to Everyone
BLOXtober continues this week with a big Tuesday announcement: our 2013 Halloween game, The Witching Hour, is now open for everyone to play ! Those of you who paid for early access during either the 1,000- or 500-ROBUX phase will receive your excl...
| October 22, 2013 -
Rendering Changes and Improved Performance Are Coming Soon
Next week, we’ll be releasing new rendering code that will boost performance by up to 3X, enabling more people to play games that have tens of thousands of parts. Part of the performance boost will stem from turning off bevels, which round the c...
| March 27, 2013 -
Get Your BLOXcon Pass Today!
Did you spend a long, grueling week watching our countdown clock? The hour of BLOXcon ticket sales has finally arrived! You can now purchase passes to all three events: BLOXcon Chicago (7/13), BLOXcon London (7/27) and BLOXcon New York City (8/10)...
| March 15, 2013 -
BLOXcon Is the New RGC 2013
If you’ve been around ROBLOX for a while, you might know a thing or two about our annual fan convention. First, it was the ROBLOX Rally. Then it was the ROBLOX Game Conference. For 2013, we’ve decided to debut a new name: BLOXcon! This year, ...
| March 8, 2013 -
ROBLOX Game Trailer Contest: The Winners
The results are in! Hundreds of ROBLOX users shot, edited and submitted video trailers for their games after we announced our video trailer contest a couple weeks ago. We rounded up the entries and narrowed it down to the 24 best video trailers, ...
| September 14, 2012